2026 Francisco J. Varela: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	64	3196	114	154	82953

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Neuroscience

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Research.com Recognitions

1983 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1976 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Francisco J. Varela was affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their research primarily contributed to the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Health Informatics, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Artificial Intelligence.

Their publications addressed a range of topics such as Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education, COVID-19 diagnosis using AI, Machine Learning in Healthcare, Polyomavirus and related diseases, Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis, and Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus.

Among their recent papers were:

Teaching NeuroImage: Shrimp Sign in Ataxic Cerebellar Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy, 2023, published in Neurology
Validation of an Artificial Intelligence-Powered Virtual Assistant for Emergency Triage in Neurology, 2025, published in The Neurologist
Global Rostral Midbrain Syndrome (GRMS) and Corpus callosum infarction in the context of shunt overdrainage, 2021, published in Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Guillain-Barré Syndrome and COVID-19 Vaccine: A Multicenter Retrospective Study of 46 Cases, 2023, published in Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease
Optic tract and internal capsule lesion in a patient with Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, 2020, published in Journal of Applied Cognitive Neuroscience

The frequent coauthors listed alongside their name included Juan Ignacio Castiglione, Mauricio Farez, Lucas Alessandro, Santiago Crema, and Daiana Dossi.

Their work appeared repeatedly in the following venues:

The Neurologist
Neurology
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease
Journal of Applied Cognitive Neuroscience

During their career, Francisco J. Varela received a number of recognitions, including being named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1983 and a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1976.

Best Publications

Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living

Humberto R. Maturana;Francisco J. Varela;Stafford Beer

14515
Citations
The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience

Francisco J. Varela;Evan Thompson;Eleanor Rosch

13141
Citations
The Tree of Knowledge: The Biological Roots of Human Understanding

Humberto R. Maturana;Francisco J. Varela

10841
Citations
Autopoiesis and Cognition

Humberto R. Maturana;Francisco J. Varela

6413
Citations
The Embodied Mind

Francisco J. Varela;Evan Thompson;Eleanor Rosch

4894
Citations
Measuring phase synchrony in brain signals

Jean-Philippe Lachaux;Eugenio Rodriguez;Jacques Martinerie;Francisco J. Varela

4317
Citations
Perception's shadow: long-distance synchronization of human brain activity.

Eugenio Rodriguez;Nathalie George;Jean-Philippe Lachaux;Jacques Martinerie

2587
Citations
NEUROPHENOMENOLOGY A Methodological Remedy for the Hard Problem

F J Varela

2563
Citations
Radical embodiment: neural dynamics and consciousness.

Evan Thompson;Francisco J. Varela

1773
Citations
Ethical Know-How: Action, Wisdom, and Cognition

Francisco J. Varela

1573
Citations
L'inscription corporelle de l'esprit : sciences cognitives et expérience humaine

Francisco J. Varela;Evan Thomson;Eleanor Rosch

1470
Citations
Conocer: las ciencias cognitivas, tendencias y perspectivas : cartografía de las ideas actuales

Francisco J. Varela

1351
Citations
Naturalizing Phenomenology: Issues in Contemporary Phenomenology and Cognitive Science

Jean Petitot;Francisco J. Varela;Bernard Pachoud;Jean-Michel Roy

1048
Citations
De cuerpo presente: las ciencias cognitivas y la experiencia humana

Francisco J. Varela;Eleanor Rosch;Evan Thompson

1006
Citations
The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience

Daniel C. Dennett;Francisco J. Varela;Evan Thompson;Eleanor Rosch

937
Citations
The View From Within: First-Person Approaches to the Study of Consciousness

J. Shear;Francisco J. Varela

886
Citations
First-person methodologies: What, why, how?

Francisco Varela;Jonathan Shear

754
Citations
Invitation aux sciences cognitives

Francisco J. Varela

740
Citations
Guiding the study of brain dynamics by using first-person data: Synchrony patterns correlate with ongoing conscious states during a simple visual task

Antoine Lutz;Jean-Philippe Lachaux;Jacques Martinerie;Francisco J. Varela

697
Citations
Life after Kant: Natural purposes and the autopoietic foundations of biological individuality

Andreas Weber;Francisco J. Varela

663
Citations
Epileptic seizures can be anticipated by non-linear analysis

J. Martinerie;C. Adam;M. Le Van Quyen;M. Baulac

567
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